Letter: ‘There’s a lot of fear out there’
Joyce Woods: “We don’t need to feel helpless about these problems. We need to act to solve them. Please support those running for elected office who are working very hard to solve them.”
October 18, 2022
Joyce Woods: “We don’t need to feel helpless about these problems. We need to act to solve them. Please support those running for elected office who are working very hard to solve them.”
Rebecca Kay: “People are talking! Here is a sample of what voters are expressing while I have been canvassing neighborhoods.”
Charlie Zoi: “The great thing about growing old is when you discover that the latest in any of these things can be understood, and even be enjoyable. If we never give up “maturing,” we can continue to experience today as much as we did yesterday.”
John Marciano: “In contrast to their concern for Ukrainians, both parties in Washington, and most Americans, don’t know or care about Yemeni suffering: they are treated by the US media and government as unworthy victims.”
Christine Haynie: “The organizing committees have consistently invited all candidates to attend and meet their voters. On almost every occasion, Republicans have declined to participate, often without even granting the courtesy of a response.”
Susan Hall: “Recently, the city’s insurance cost was drastically raised by 30% largely due to lawsuits filed against Parks. It appears that closer supervision and accountability of Parks by the CM would provide an improved method for swift corrections of employee performance if needed.”
Jay Dunn: “My sense is that those who are threatening violence are likely not audience members of OSF, but rather small-minded bigots spoiling for stories to lash out against who have zero stake in the wonderful programming OSF has and continues to offer.”
Magdalene Sullivan: “There is, in this valley, an abundance of theaters performing contemporary plays, and a great number in Oregon at large; to say nothing of the country. The number of Shakespeare theaters and festivals in the United States is far smaller.”
Oregon’s governor serves as the superintendent of public instruction, appointing leaders at the Department of Education, and is ultimately responsible for ensuring the state’s students are graduating prepared for life after high school. The next woman to hold the job will face the daunting task of guiding the educational system’s recovery from pandemic losses, and navigating through an environment where education in public schools is increasingly politicized and polarized. Here’s how the three candidates said they’d tackle the job.
Three West Coast governors and a Canadian premier signed a pact to make the region the first on the continent to transition to 100% clean electricity and a low-carbon economy. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and British Columbia Premier John Horgan in San Francisco on Oct. 6 to sign the pact, which includes commitments to create policies, investments and interstate projects that will end each state’s dependency on fossil fuels and create new green energy jobs in the coming decades.
At just 21 years old, Ashland native Brooklyn Williams is stepping into her biggest role yet — the lead in Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s adaptation of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” playing through Dec. 31.
A women’s singing group with member from the 27 Ukrainian families now taking refuge in Ashland will perform at a benefit concert Dec. 14.
The Trump administration will require that homeless service providers force people to receive behavioral health treatment in order to access long-term, federally supported housing, a move that could mean organizations across Oregon would have to choose between receiving federal dollars or state dollars — but not both.
A local artist who arrived in Ashland three years ago is having his first solo art show at the White Rabbit gallery in downtown Ashland. Micah Blacklight has been waiting for the chance to show the personal perspective of an injustice he has witnessed over decades.
This year marks the 10th annual Thanksgiving Community Peace Meal and the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland has offered to share their space with the community. SOJWJ is lining up volunteers and cooks, as well as those who can give financial support. They are expecting to feed more than 300 people.
Ashland has been approved for a federal loan of up to $73 million to replace its 76-year-old water treatment plant, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The low-interest financing will allow the city to draw funds as construction progresses.
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